Geoffrey Vickers: Philosopher of responsibility

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-298

  Williams, Garrath ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appreciation; Institutions; Moral and political philosophy; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

APPRECIATION; HUMAN CULTURES; MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY; RESPONSIBILITY; VICKERS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 23744485842     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.693     Document Type: Review

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10. Vickers G. 1970. Freedom in a Rocking Boat: Changing Values in an Unstable Society. Penguin: Harmondsworth.
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13. Vickers G. 1983. Human Systems are Different. Harper & Row: London.